Piano keyboard diagram - piano keyboard layout Twitter0 A piano keyboard diagram is shown and explained below. This section will help you better understand the layout of a piano keyboard. Let’s first of all take a look at an unlabeled piano keyboard layout, i.e. without the note names. The one shown in the first piano keyboard layout has two octaves, a total of 24 notes. In an 88 key piano, there are 36 black keys and 52 white keys. 76 key keyboards come with 31 black keys and 45 white keys, 61 key keyboards come with 25 black keys and 36 white keys, while 49 key keyboards have 20 black keys and 29 white ones. Highly Recommended: Click here for the BEST piano/keyboard course I’ve come across online. Someone new to the piano may feel overwhelmed when they first take a look at its keys. “How do I remember so many notes?” But as we shall see later it is very simple to understand. Hint: repetition. Here’s a simple piano keyboard diagram (below this paragraph). The white keys are all labeled.

If you look closely, you will realize that the same note names are being repeated over and over. These notes are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Whether it’s a 49, 61, 76 or 88 key keyboard, this is the note pattern of a piano. In the piano keyboard layout immediately below this paragraph, I have ventured to add a more complete piano keyboard diagram. As you will see, both the black and white keys have been named. As for the black keys, they each have two note names. There’s D-Flat (or C-Sharp), E-Flat (or D-Sharp), G-Flat (or F-Sharp), A-Flat (or G-Sharp) and B-Flat (or A-Sharp). Watch this lesson: To help you better understand sharps (♯) and flats (♭), let’s find out what a semitone is. A semitone is also called a half step or half tone and is the smallest interval used in Western music. It is the distance between two notes which are next to one another in pitch.

So the distance between C and C-Sharp is one semitone, the distance between D and D-Sharp is one semitone and the same can be said for the distance between A and A-flat. What is the note that is one semitone higher than C? The answer is C-Sharp. What is the note that is one semitone higher than D? The answer is D-Sharp. Let’s go the other way around. What is the note that is one semitone lower than D? The answer is D-Flat. One semitone lower than E? It’s E-Flat. A whole tone means a distance of two semitones, i.e. the distance between two notes which are separated by one other note in pitch. For instance, C and D, D and E, and F and G are each one whole tone apart. Recommended for you: Go here to learn about my newly released beginner’s piano course. A piano comes with a 12 note pattern. This can be seen in the piano keyboard diagram above. While there are many notes on a piano, it’s really 12 notes being repeated over and over. On an acoustic piano it is repeated over 7 times.

We see in our piano keyboard layout above that the 12 notes are C, C-Sharp (D-Flat), D, D-sharp (E-Flat), E, F, F-Sharp (G-Flat), G, G-Sharp (A-Flat), A, A-Sharp (B-Flat), and B. Take a look at the piano keyboard chart below. It consists of the 12 notes of a piano or music keyboard. To better understand the piano keys layout see how the black keys on a piano are grouped together in groups of two’s and three’s. Do you notice how many groups of two’s there are? How about the groups of three’s? You will also notice that the note C always comes before the group of 2 flats (or sharps), while F always comes before the group of 3 flats (or sharps). On a 49 key keyboard, there are 5 C’s, on a 61 and 76 key keyboard there are 6 C’s, and there’s 8 on an 88 key keyboard. The first note on a 49 key keyboard is C and the last note is C.

The first note on a 61 key keyboard is C and the last note is C. The first note on a 76 key keyboard is E and the last note is G. The first note on an 88 key piano is A and the last note is C. If you have an 88 key piano (find diagram here) , look at your piano keyboard layout and find middle C. Middle C lies in the exact center of your keyboard. The location of this note is very important to remember when learning to play the piano.The piano keyboard diagram below shows the various piano notes C, D, E, F, G, A and B. There’s a treble clef, a bass clef and a grand staff . Notice that the “C” in the treble clef and the “C” in the bass clef are the same note. This is the point where they cross and meet on the Grand Staff. It is known as Middle C. Piano Keyboard Keys Layout – 49 Key Piano Keyboard Notes The following is the layout of notes on a 49 key piano keyboard.

Piano Keyboard Keys Layout – 61 Key Piano Keyboard Notes The following is the layout of notes on a 61 key piano keyboard. Notes of the Piano - Naturals & Accidentals Notes of the Piano Notes of the Black and White Piano Keys C# and Db on the piano keyboard. Image © Brandy Kraemer Updated September 01, 2016. Notes of the White Piano Keys White piano keys are called naturals. They sound a natural (♮) note when pressed, as opposed to a sharp or flat. There are seven naturals on the keyboard: C-D-E-F-G-A-B. After the B, the scale repeats itself on the next C. So you only have to memorize seven notes! Look at the image above; observe: ● The alphabetical order from left to right. ● There is no H note!* After G, the letters start back at A. Try It: Find a C note on your keyboard, and identify each white key until you reach the next C. Do this until you feel comfortable enough with the keyboard to name the notes in random order.

* (Some Northern European countries use H to signify a B natural, and B to signify B flat.) Notes of the Black Piano Keys Black piano keys are called accidentals ; these are the sharps and flats of the piano. On the keyboard, there are five black accidentals per octave . They can be either sharp or flat, and are named after the notes they modify: continue reading below our video Overview of Piano Keyboard Layout Sharp (♯ or #) A sharp makes a note a half step higher in pitch. On the keyboard, a note’s sharp is the black key directly to its right.** Try It: Find a C note on your keyboard, and identify its sharp.† A flat makes a note a half step lower in pitch. On the keyboard, a note’s flat is the black key directly to its left. Try It: Find a D note and identify its flat on the keyboard.† **Some notes aren't followed by a black key (B and E) so the white note that follows each acts as its accidental. This is because the keyboard layout is based on the C major scale, which contains no sharps or flats. This is explained further here . † Both examples point to the same black key.

When notes go by more than one name, it’s called " enharmony ." Memorizing the Notes on the Piano Keyboard Identify the white keys individually, and practice naming them until you can find each note without counting from C. You don’t need to memorize each sharp and flat by name just yet, but remember how to locate them on the keyboard using the natural keys. Range of Notes on a Standard Piano A standard 88-key piano contains just over 7 octaves , made up of 52 white keys and 36 black keys. Its notes range from A0 to C8 . How To Play Simple Chords On Keyboard And Guitar - Guitar Noise Guitar Noise Bruce Fleming Guitar Lessons Guitar Lessons for Beginners , Learn About Guitar Chords , Music Theory for Guitar 6 Using the Musical Keyboard (Introduction to Basic Music Theory) The main focus of this lesson is to instruct on how to play the simplest of chords on a keyboard while showing how to obtain them with some small amount of understanding. Hopefully, this will help the guitarist understand how chords are played on the guitar easier than using the guitar alone. It will also provide the guitarist with a quick introduction to the keyboard.

By using the information provided below, the guitarist can more easily figure out what notes are being played with particular chords. Having some small amount of musical training while I was young, I can say where things usually begin when a new student is being taught piano. It starts at middle C. Middle C – The Starting Point So, where is middle C? The placement of middle C on a musical staff can be researched on the person’s own time. I am sure it is found in a number of other places on the Internet. This lesson will show how to finger all the major chords, minor chords, and dominant 7th chords, hopefully without overwhelming you with music theory. So, let us have a look at a diagram of the some keyboards. Note that middle C is off centre and not the middle note in the keyboard. This is because this and many other keyboards as well as full-size pianos are not symmetrical about middle C. The reasoning behind that is for some other topic of research that goes into the development of music as a whole. What is important is that you can learn how to locate middle C with a little practice. Other common sizes for keyboards are 73 keys, 76 keys, and 88 keys.

These can be seen below in Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5, respectively. While middle C is not usually (see Figure 3) in the middle of the keyboard, it is almost there. It makes a practical place to start in terms of range of musical sounds. It also makes a very good place to start when studying music theory. The C Major Scale The notes of the C major scale are: Each note in the C major scale can be numbered using regular numerals and Roman numerals: Note that I listed the next C in the scale while showing an octave instead of stopping at B as shown in Figure 2. This has to do with showing the formula for a major scale. This will make learning how to apply the formula to other notes easier later. Notice that when the C major scale is numbered using Roman numerals, some are numbered with capital letters and some are numbered with lower case letters. (Jumping a little bit ahead, all chords in the C major family are built using only notes from the C major scale.) When playing chords in the C major family, very little thinking has to be done because only the white keys are played. When each finger of the right hand assigned to one key, everything falls into place.

If you place the thumb of the right hand on middle C, the rest of the fingers will each fall on one key naturally. Refer to Figure 6 below as an example. So, start by playing the C major chord, commonly referred to as C. Place the thumb of the right hand on middle C (or any C), skip using the index finger, place the middle finger on E, skip the ring finger, and place the little finger on G. That is the simplest C chord you can make. To play the D minor (commonly shown as Dm) chord, just move the hand to the right one white key so the thumb plays D, the middle finger plays F, and the little finger plays A. To play the E minor chord (commonly shown as Em), move the hand to the right one white key. This is the same for all successive chords for the C major scale. Now go back to the C major scale where it is numbered with Roman numerals. Those notes numbered with capital Roman numerals have chords that are major chords. Those numbered with lower case Roman numerals have chords that are minor chords. The exception to this last statement is the viiÂ° chord. The viiÂ° chord is a diminished chord.

(It is a chord with a minor 3rd and a 5th that is lowered by a half a step. This information can be left for later exploration of knowledge of music theory.) So: Chord Names When it comes to playing chords an octave higher, it is easy using a piano or other keyboard instrument. When playing guitar it is different because you can form different version of the same chord in different places on the fingerboard. If playing an electric guitar it is easier to play chords one octave higher because the fingers can be placed that high on the fretboard (fingerboard) more easily due to the way the guitar is built. For the C major scale, the chords are shown for the respective note below: Difference between Major Chords and Minor Chords A full chord must be constructed of at least three notes. Any chord in the family of the C major scale (and any major scale for that matter) begins with the note which is the name of the chord, the third note up from that note and the fifth note up from the note of the name of the chord. For a C chord, that means the chord is made up of the notes C (I), E (iii), and G (V) of the C major scale.

What makes a minor chord minor? The answer is that the 2nd note in the chord (the major 3rd) is made a minor 3rd. This means that the 2nd note is reduced by a half-step. Example: D notes: D, F#, A – note that F# is not a note in the C major scale. Now it can be seen that the D chord is not a chord in the C major chord family. Dm note: D, F, A – note that the major 3rd (F#) is reduced to F. I once saw a musical play about a couple of piano students that made humorous the stories their careers starting from their early days. The piano teacher asked the question of the students “What makes a minor chord sound minor?” The answer was that a minor chord sounds sad whereas a major chord sounds happy. When you play a minor chord in comparison this generally sounds true. Just using the knowledge associated with the C major scale we know where the major chords are for the notes: C, F and G. We the know the minor chords are for the notes D, E, A, and the diminished chord is associated with the note B.

Remember, the method for playing all of the chords in the C major scale is provided in the paragraph below Figure 6. All chords in the C major chord family can be played by using the thumb, the middle finger and the little finger. Actually, for later use and knowledge, the same holds true for playing the chords to the left of the right hand but starting with the little finger and moving to the right. The fingers used on the left hand are the little finger, the middle finger and the thumb. Extending the Knowledge of Minor Chords to Find the Rest of the Major Chords on the Keyboard Figure 7 shows an octave of keys from the notes C to C. The top of the figure shows how an octave normally looks while the bottom of the figure shows the octave as if the black keys in the octave were extended to the full length of the white keys. The extension of the black keys is done to show that there is movement of one half-step between all keys, black or white even though some white keys have no black keys between them. Note that there is no sharp (#) or flat (b) between the notes E and F and B and C.

Aside: However, the movement from the notes E to F and B to C or the movement of F to E and C to B is still only one half-step. This is important to understand because using this knowledge along with of what notes are in the C major scale allows us to figure out for ourselves the formula for the major scale if we so wish. More importantly, with this knowledge, if we forget the formula for the major scale, we can refer to the C major scale to figure out the formula. Because we know what makes a minor chord minor, we can extend that knowledge to figure out what the major chords are for the notes D, E and A by using the chords Dm, Em and Am. Place the right-hand fingers on a keyboard for one of the minor chords mentioned. Just move the middle finger (the one on the 2nd note of the chord) up a half-step. To moved up a half-step is to move up by one key – black or white. Refer to Figure 7 above for reference. Using Dm to find D: Using the notes D, F and A => move the middle finger up by one half-step gives the notes D, F# and A. Refer to Figure 8 as an example.

Imagine moving the fingers from the notes indicated on the bottom chord of Figure 8, Dm to the top chord of Figure 8, D. Using Em to find E: Using the notes E, G and B => move the middle finger up by one half-step gives the notes E, G# and B. Using Am to find A: Using the notes A, C and E => move the middle finger up by one half-step gives the notes A, C# and E. Using Bdim to find B: Using the notes B, D and F => move the middle finger up by one half-step and the little finger up by one half-step gives the notes B, D# and F#. We can also use the above knowledge to figure out what the minor chords are what the minor chords are for C, F and G. To do this, simply finger the chord and move the middle finger down one half-step. Cm has the notes C, Eb and G. Fm has the notes F, Ab and C. Gm has the notes G, Bb and D. Now it is possible to figure out all of the major and minor chords for all the notes on the keyboard.

It is good to note that this method is easiest to use for the white keys. The only chord that has not be explicitly discussed is Bdim. Bdim has a minor 3rd and a minor 5th. You should be able to figure out or research what the notes are for the chords B and a Bm. You could also use the major scale formula to obtain the B major scale and work from there. NOTE: It is important to reference the keyboard (a real one or the diagrams) when studying this material to have a visual aid. The Major Scale Formula The major scale (as well as every other scale) has a set formula. However, if you know the C major scale and the key spacing, you can figure out the formula every time. Again, it is important to know that there are no black keys between the keys B and C, and E and F. Half-Steps and Whole-Steps: A half-step is a movement (up or down) form one key to the one immediately next to it. (Refer to Figure 7). Examples: C to C#, G# to A, E to F, B to C, A# to A, C to B or G to F#.

A whole-step is a movement of 2 half-steps. Examples: C to D, E to F#, A# to C or F to D#. C Major Scale Formula: W = Whole-step H = Half-step By using the major scale formula you can figure out all the major scales. This information can be used in many ways. Such as figuring out all of the major chords on the keyboard. However, because a major chord is made up of the 1st note of the chord, the major 3rd from the 1st note of the chord, and the major 5th from the 1st note of the chord the major scale formula will provide you with the major chords in the root note chord family for the root (I) note, the fourth (IV) and the fifth (V) notes of the major scales. Again, remember that you have already been provided with the method of figuring out all the major and minor chords for all the keys on the keyboard. Stick with the white keys for now. Notes Aside By figuring out all of the major scales and putting them in ascending order you end up with half of the Cycle of Fifths. This is information used for chord progressions in many songs.

The numbering of the notes in the chord family (originally presented in the scale) is also often used in chord progressions of songs. When figuring out a major scale, it is a good indication that it is correct if the 7th note is a half-step below the 8th note. If the chords in the music you are playing are contained within the major scale, you can use that scale to solo. Dominant Seventh Chords Dominant 7th chords are often associated with a bluesy sound. To figure out how to play a dominant 7th chord, reduce the (major) 7th by a half-step and fit it into the chord fingering. Dominant 7th chords are written as follows: A7, B7, C7, etc. The 7th of the C major scale is B. The dominant 7th is A#/Bb. A# and Bb are the same note. They are called equivalent harmonics. The notes of the C7 chord are C, E, G, and A# or C, E, G, and Bb.

Applying This Knowledge to the Guitar One of the main advantages to learning about music theory using a keyboard is that the keyboard is a much more linear instrument than the guitar. One key follows directly after another. On the guitar, when you get to the last fret on one string, the next note on the next string is not the next note as it is on the keyboard. The same note of the same pitch appears at more than one place on the guitar. To take this theory and apply it to guitar remember that standard tuning on a 6 string guitar is (low to high): E A D G B e. You can remember this by using the letters of standard tuning as an acronym for Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie. Another piece of information that is important to know about the guitar is that a movement of 1 fret (up or down) is a movement of a half-step. A movement of 2 frets is a whole-step. Now you can pick out scales and chords on the guitar as well as the keyboard. The rest is for you to explore. Piano notes and keys - 88 key piano Highly Recommended: Click here for the BEST piano/keyboard course I’ve come across online.

Take a look at the unlabelled piano keyboard above. Do you see the pattern of the black keys? If you look closely, you will notice that they follow a pattern of twos and threes. Two black keys followed by three black keys, followed by two black keys, followed by three black keys and so on. The first note we shall find is the note, C. C is the note that comes right before the set of two black keys. There are quite a few C notes. Every note that comes before a set of two black keys is called C. Move eight steps up from one C and you get another C. This is called an octave. Watch Corresponding Video: How do you find middle C on the 88 key piano? Simply sit at the center of your piano. The C which is below your chin is called middle C . Middle C is also the note halfway between the bass clef (left hand) and the treble clef (right hand). Piano notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet. When learning to play the piano the first note that is normally learned is C. After you have found the note C, it is very easy to learn the other notes.

Let’s learn all the notes of the white keys on the 88 key piano. After you have found the note C, move to the next key. That note is called D. The one after it is called E. You just keep going in alphabetical order to F, and G. Then the next note is A. What we have done is go back to the start of the alphabet. Finally we move to B. You can continue going to C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and so on. You get the point. C-D-E-F-G-A-B are called naturals. How about the black keys? What are their names? They are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet as well except for the fact that they can be either sharp or flat. The black keys can be called accidentals. Simply put, sharp means to go higher or to move to the right on your keyboard. Flat means to go lower or to move to the left on your keyboard. So what is the key immediately to the right of C called? The answer is C sharp (C#).

This key can also be called D flat (Db) because it is one key to the left of D. The next black key is called D sharp (D#) or E flat (Eb). Then we move to F sharp (F#) or G flat (Gb), G sharp (G#) or A flat (Ab) and lastly A sharp (A#) or B flat (Bb). As is the case with the white piano notes, the pattern keeps repeating. After B flat (Bb), the next black key is C sharp (D flat), D sharp (E flat) and so on. I wrote this amazing book that will teach you how to play. Click here to get your copy at a discounted price. What we’ve talked about above is really a simplified approach to looking at piano notes. In reality piano notes and piano keys are not the same. Each key of the piano can represent several notes. Strictly speaking piano keys don’t really have names. Keys aren’t actually called C, D, E, F, G, etc. They just play those notes. The same keys play other notes as well. This is important to understand especially when one is learning to read music.

Piano notes The piano diagram below shows the various piano notes that piano keys usually correspond to. Earlier, we saw that a piano key has more than one note name. For example D flat can be called C sharp. When keys go by more than one name, the notes are called enharmonic equivalents. So D flat and C sharp are enharmonic equivalents. The same can be said of D sharp and E flat. They are the same key on the piano keyboard but can have different note names depending on the key signature. Even white keys have enharmonic equivalents. The note C can also be called B sharp (B#) since it is one half step higher than B. The note F can also be called E sharp (E#) since it is one half step higher than E. E can be called F flat (Fb) since it is one half step lower than F. Learn more about half steps, whole steps, tones, semitones, sharps and flats here. Sometimes a piano note can be called a double flat or double sharp, or even a triple sharp or flat. For instance, D is two semitones lower than E and can be called E double flat (Ebb). But this is not as common.

Here’s a diagram of a piano keyboard, showing enharmonics. The sign which looks like the letter “x” is a double sharp sign . The sign which looks like two flat signs side-by-side is a double flat . Picture: Full 88 key piano keyboard diagram On an 88 key piano, the lowest key (first note) is an A. There are 8 Cs. The last note is C. There are 52 white and 36 black keys. Here’s an image of piano notes on an 88 key piano. Click here for a picture of an 88 key piano keyboard layout. Piano Notes Chart Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. Keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Acrobat DC Windows Action Mac OS Action Move focus to the next or previous row when in the body of the file list on the left Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder Backspace Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button.

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I tried 2 things doing the in-app Google search (which shows gifs but translates them into links when I try to send) or I try the emoji baard which SHOWS a gif button but it's disabled! John Fester Updated: getting good now! Google updated it and now has customizable heights, nice! One lacking feature, that used to be here, is with the gliding. We used to be able to glide to the spacebar and continue gliding to the next word without ever lifting the finger off the keyboard, it would detect you glided over the keyboard and started the next word, making it even faster. We need that back. Yousaf Ahmadzai I would like to suggest some changes into the Pashto keyboard layout as follows: 1. If we look at the Samsung Persian keyboard, it is very simple and nice to use, kindly make the design of both Dari and Pashto Keyboards like that. 2.

There are 8 alphabets characters extra in Pashto such as (ټ،ځ، څ، ړ، ډ، ڼ، ږ، ښ), I think if we use analysis of its use on daily basis, then we put these characters whether they can be typed by pressing the shift button or by normal typing. I mean they can be divided into its concerned keyboard buttons. I have seen some third-party Pashto keyboards in which some characters are typed by pressing the Shift key. 3. For Dari, its is fine, only if the design of it could be changed like the one for Persian keyboard of Samsung Android. Thanks for the nice work. Egbert Huber Ok but I still prefer SwiftKey I am missing the option to delete an entire word with a long press on the delete button (this is the main reason for not using Gboard at the moment). I don't understand why there is no autocorrect when I am searching for something. The missing support for gifs in WhatsApp is also unfortunate. Predictive text in two languages is working good and I am sure would improve even more over time. At the moment I am happier with swiftkey.

User reviews Zee Shan January 11, 2017 The best keyboard so far!! I like the keyboard, accurate and smooth typing experience. However, since the update I'm facing a lag at the beginning and during typing, due to which the whole texting time has increased. I don't know if it's the case just with me but it is worth mentioning especially if others are having the same issue as well. Secondly, it is also missing the words that existed in the personal dictionary before the update, due to which I've to keep re-adding. Please fix Thanks Full Review John Paleologos January 16, 2017 Pretty good keyboard but more themes needed and key vibration not working.. Would possibly be 5 stars but... ... ... I like the keyboard so far but it would be nice to have dark themes with RED confirm and caps lock buttons. Also... The key vibration is NOT working at all on my Galaxy S7 regardless of what setting I use. Also... the keyboard jitters and lags when text or email (OR ANY app where the keyboard is required) app is closed while the keyboard is open. Please advise and fix...

Full Review Melody Faith Clark January 18, 2017 I got it for the gif capabilities but on my galaxy s6 it only sends the link not the gif. I cannot find a way to enae sending actual gifs. Can anyone suggest? It types better than the Samsung keyboard but I want the gif sending feature. I tried 2 things doing the in-app Google search (which shows gifs but translates them into links when I try to send) or I try the emoji baard which SHOWS a gif button but it's disabled! Full Review John Fester January 13, 2017 Updated: getting good now! Google updated it and now has customizable heights, nice! One lacking feature, that used to be here, is with the gliding. We used to be able to glide to the spacebar and continue gliding to the next word without ever lifting the finger off the keyboard, it would detect you glided over the keyboard and started the next word, making it even faster. We need that back. Full Review Yousaf Ahmadzai January 15, 2017 I would like to suggest some changes into the Pashto keyboard layout as follows: 1.

If we look at the Samsung Persian keyboard, it is very simple and nice to use, kindly make the design of both Dari and Pashto Keyboards like that. 2. There are 8 alphabets characters extra in Pashto such as (ټ،ځ، څ، ړ، ډ، ڼ، ږ، ښ), I think if we use analysis of its use on daily basis, then we put these characters whether they can be typed by pressing the shift button or by normal typing. I mean they can be divided into its concerned keyboard buttons. I have seen some third-party Pashto keyboards in which some characters are typed by pressing the Shift key. 3. For Dari, its is fine, only if the design of it could be changed like the one for Persian keyboard of Samsung Android. Thanks for the nice work. Full Review Egbert Huber January 15, 2017 Ok but I still prefer SwiftKey I am missing the option to delete an entire word with a long press on the delete button (this is the main reason for not using Gboard at the moment). I don't understand why there is no autocorrect when I am searching for something.

The missing support for gifs in WhatsApp is also unfortunate. Predictive text in two languages is working good and I am sure would improve even more over time. At the moment I am happier with swiftkey. Full Review Jason Harris January 13, 2017 It all worked fine until the last update First of all it added two additional languages, french and german, then after finally figuring out how to remove those, now my swype is not working worth a crap. I swype i then m, and i get impossible instead of I'm. This sucks, i wish they would have left it alone. It worked fine before. Full Review Clint Lund January 11, 2017 Nice! - But. Nice work. Pity about the extra RAM usage but ya can't have it both ways I guess. My only complaint, if you could call it that, is that it would have been nice to see some more of the other emoji that are out there included. Nevermind 😇. Full Review Jennifer Varavithaya January 17, 2017 Great, sleek, but gifs won't send This is probably the best keyboard I've used so far.

I've been looking for a keyboard that will allow me to swype text and send gifs and images. However, whenever I try to send gifs,FB messenger (and txts) say that I failrd to send. So I like it, but it could be better EDIT: figured it out. You can send gifs from Gboard via texts but doesn't work on FB messages. Full Review jeaHAvee jGRight January 15, 2017 Almost there. With the new changes #thisisalsohardtodo (because of auto-spacing). Almost 5 stars. I am happy with this latest update. I hope you understand why I am happy about it. I think you get what I am getting at. Not sure if this is a keyboard issue but, when "Voice to Text" makes a mistake and I click underlined text to correct it the choices are underneath the keyboard so I can't see or select them. Full Review Alex Young January 12, 2017 watch the video, read the tips, explore the menu! Fantastic keyboard for multiple situations-- classic tapping for that satisfying clicking sound, swipe for that one finger (or impressing your friends) moments, and even one handed mode for..

one hand.. on a large device. Auto-correct is fine; I've had slightly better auto-correct experiences with Fleksy, however its not unreasonable to consider that I just also need to learn to type just a little better. Tip: Some of the gripes (ex: numbers on top of board) can be resolved in the preferences! Full Review Cindy McKenzie January 18, 2017 Switced from Swift key because of Gif option but get a message that says " this text field does not support Gif insertion ..." how do I fix? another thing that is making me want to switch back is no option for a split keyboard that would be useful to type with thumbs on landscape mode on a table or phone too. Full Review Mike Munayer January 15, 2017 Performance issues Way too many times will I be typing in portrait mode and somehow hit the emoji key mid sentence. Never used to happen before the update to this new interface. If you could improve its accuracy it would be great. Also doesn't type on some touches. Brand new pixel. Not altered, freshly wiped. All stock apps. Hope next update address's this.

Full Review Javier Marrufo January 11, 2017 Nice, very nice keyboard. Everything that I want in a keyboard. Auto switch between languages was the most important. Google search is spot on. I've used it consistently since download. I like how you can put pictures to your themes. However, various color themes would be great addition aside from the default. Also, when you type a period, it does not auto create a space for the next sentence to begin. You have to physically hit the space bar. If this can be remedied, 👍👌 is all I can say. Overall, great work. Full Review Bernardo Marques January 12, 2017 Dumb predictions Every new update my keyboard gets dumber, I used to have 3 languages but now that it tries to guess from all languages it's worst than ever, I'm thinking of removing the others ones. Even simple words (connectors) the keyboard can't guess and make crazy suggestions, it's like they're not even in the dictionary. Full Review Kenneth Ramos January 18, 2017 Since I updated Gboard, it was kind of odd when I delete texts in some apps like my browser.

Whenever I type texts in the search back and delete a word that I mispelled or didn't intend to type, there's this one letter that remains at the end of that word and cannot be deleted. If I move the cursor ahead of that letter, when I press delete, It can't still be deleted. If I use my default Samsung keyboard, this doesn't happen. Can you fix this? I'm using Galaxy S7 phone. Full Review January 11, 2017 Step backwards for multiple language users Predictive text seems to be almost non existent when having more than one language dictionary. I have English, Dutch and Indonesia and get predictive suggestions infrequently . Switching between languages manually as per previous interation of Google keyboard was faster for multiple languages users. But in Gboard UI, speed other facets are improved. Full Review Sandrine Christophe January 13, 2017 Gotten worse since let update I used to love this app. Not as much now. I'm using 3 languages and it messes up things and has slowed my typing down tremendously because it "thinks" to much in which language I'm in and guesses words from another language when it should be in another.

It freezes regularly and no words appear, so I have to type letter by letter. I wish I could undo the upgrade and have the flow it had before. Full Review B L DUNCAN January 19, 2017 Thanks for the update & changes. Gboard is on its way to being a great & go to keyboard. Still would rather prefer that Gboard predict & learn email addresses & usernames, please change. I still give Swiftkey a slight edge but with a few changes & updates Gboard is right at the top, also would luv more themes too, tht would be awesome. Keep improving & updating. Thanks for all your hard work. Full Review William Ledford January 11, 2017 Terrible so far Huge step backwards. Swipe text takes time TO LOAD when I'm first using it. Auto correct is worse than before. Predictive text is REPEATING WORDS I've already typed. I'm the epitome of a Google fanboy but this app has been awful. Giving them a chance to fix bugs before I uninstall but I'm close. Full Review Stephen Berger January 15, 2017 Emoji & gif search!?!?!

Why don't you work on something that's ACTUALLY PRODUCTIVE & USEFUL Say, adding words to one's personal dictionary automatically instead of just the invisible "learned words" list, and then sync that personal dictionary across devices as well. That used to be a very nice feature. Also, how about bringing back the expanded word choices via long pressing the middle suggested word. Sometimes I need to repeat a gesture ~5-6 times before I get the word I want. Other times it needs to be typed manually. Maybe a "big boy" keyboard w/o emoji & gif garbage is in order. Full Review Greg Palladini January 13, 2017 HTC One A9 UltraKboard,even if I have no dicts to DL.. # 1 reason,clipboard + Arrows + the #'s row.. As far as this keyboard,almost no options for customizing..Example : 2 spacebars = a . WHY?Then,every sentence starts with a space after it.. ? Why? I could go on,about it.. This Bulk-asaurus has great response,swipe, & prediction..But that's why I gave this a 3 star for now,& we'll see..

⬅⬆⟶⬇ (Can't see the arrows?You would if you had Ultra Key$ Pro) A # row?Add a Row of Arrows,& Editor/ Menu Row, (with a Clipboard) Full Review J SubOxyde January 11, 2017 Good when it works Sometimes when I'm trying to send a message the keyboard will freeze/won't respond, notably when I try to swipe. The original Google keyboard was more reliable and fast. I'm using a well-kept Galaxy S7 so there's no way it's my phone. Full Review Terence Chan January 12, 2017 Gets worse with every update Every update gets worse. Now there is noticeable lag when gesture typing before the word displays, and there's also a 4-5 second delay where the gesture typing doesn't work at all when the keyboard is first brought up now. It's too resource heavy. I wouldn't mind this as much if the gesture accuracy improved, but it's actually getting worse with each update. I never had many issues before, but I have to delete and retype every 2-3 words now. I even get many suggestions of words never used in common speech.

Full Review Salil C January 11, 2017 Horrible update. Broke autocorrect. Just go back one version The autocorrect on Google keyboard was awesome. This new ones predictive language and autocorrect algorithm is really messed up. This is double true when you're using the swipe function (it took me a long time to even type this review ) Fix it Google! Full Review Matoro Zeliph January 12, 2017 Phrase Gesture Removed STILL?! Bring it back! This keyboard rocks when it comes to swipe predictions compared to swift key. BUT STILL NO PHRASE GESTURE? It's unfortunate that some features has to be removed. Like the FLOATING WORD PREVIEW and the phase gesture. STOP REMOVING FEATURES! Full Review Ellu Ngoko January 11, 2017 I dislike the built-in search It's confusing af. Also, the multilingual options are good unless you use more than two. I tried with four and the app was overwhelmed mixin stuff up. Didn't help I chose Finnish which prolly has less users than FR, ES and EN, the other languages I use, I think...

Full Review parveen Ocean January 12, 2017 Nice keyboard But one thing i find missing in it is that we cannot scroll the cursor from lift to right or vice versa using the keyboard. If we want to move the cursor between the text.we have to select the location. There should be some kind of navigation keys. Or just by moving our fingers on the space bar from left to right the cursor should move accordingly. Full Review Ademola Odunsi January 18, 2017 On Samsung s6. 3 major problems. 1) when I tap a point to insert text and then start typing the text is inserted in a completely different position 2) I try to delete a letter and it deletes a letter in a different location. 3) I start to type text and nothing appears. I have to close the app and reopen for the keyboard to work. These errors occur intermittently throughout the day most notably when using google messages and WhatsApp Full Review Renee M Shipe January 17, 2017 Can't Spell? This keyboard loves that!

8.5 times out of 10 this keyboard and I get along but when I need help spelling it gets super complicated and the options displayed won't help you. The other 1.5 times you also do not get suggestions close to what you are trying to spell and have to fight for writing out odd words correctly. Incredibly frustrating but I still use it and overall am happy. Likes to offer all cap suggestions which can be useful. Full Review Danielle Kovacs January 11, 2017 Not good I used to like it a lot, but some update messed it up. I selected English and Portuguese as my default languages since I installed it, but now I don't have the option to choose just one of the languages among this 2. Another thing, if I make a mistake, it skips one letter while deleting. For example, if I want to delete the letter "e" in the word "lemonade" it goes to "d" automatically. Not good.

Full Review Sebastian Gorgon January 11, 2017 Below is an example of how bad it is now without any manual corrections In the pay it was great, now it's hard to your messages without airways correction yields when swiping. It's tone, I use to swipe to save time now it's taking half my home just Circinus mustaches, I might go beck to swype, Google... This is a let down. Full Review Nathan Gibbs January 11, 2017 Almost Perfect An almost perfect keyboard for me as I am always googling things then copying and pasting to send them to someone. The only thing that kept me from giving 5 stars was the fact that it does not include shortcuts to copy and paste like the official Swype keyboard. Full Review Lita Llost January 17, 2017 Last update ruined it Since last update slide typing in Russian not working properly (either not working at all in apps like Skype and Discord, or even built-in Messenger; or just showing the trace, but not typing any words). Very inconvenient, suddenly! And overall performance became slower with sudden stoppings (when altering languages, for example).

Full Review Andrew Wilmar January 17, 2017 One Fatal Flaw This keyboard is the best available in many ways. But there's one fatal design flaw that makes it unusable for me. AUTOCORRECT SUGGESTIONS DON'T WORK IN THE CHROME ADDRESS BAR. This is a major problem because the address bar is also where you enter searches. Google thinks autocorrect is redundant here because of search suggestions. BUT SEARCH SUGGESTIONS DON'T HELP WHEN YOU HAVE A TYPO. Again, this is a fatal design flaw. Full Review landden Hill January 14, 2017 Amazing! This keyboard is absolutely everything I could ever want! The problem of the font not matching the phones font is not an issue anymore! And that's not even comparable to the best feature of them all the ability to search from within the keyboard! I love it! The awesome glide typing feature is awesome too! 1 problem is the fact that the gif feature doesn't work for some reason. Full Review Borhan January 13, 2017 Phonetic typing for Indic languages Gboard should incorporate all the languages and phonetic typing systems of Google Indic Keyboard into it's language list.

They should be downloadable content, thus not bloating the app. Also it'll cut down the time each time we spend switching between the two keyboard. Indic Keyboard for writing Bengali and Gboard for superior experience, Google search etc Full Review KuroNeko 246 January 12, 2017 I can't find the emojis! I've been trying to see if there is a setting for emojis in the app but I can't find anything. I've tried adding an emoji keyboard but it changes the Gboard, and I like the Gboard better. Is there anything I'm missing? Is the emoji keyboard right under my nose? And I don't mean the ones that you type like this: (^^), ;-), :-(, :'(, etc. I mean the kind that show up on my phone with this very same app. I need help please! Full Review Eapen John January 19, 2017 After the current update Google keyboard is behaving abnormal. The alphabets are not getting registered with the tap. Earlier it was working ok now it's not working intact. Please fix it.

Im really happy that google heard to earlier complaints with new update all has been fixed, now it works fabulously. Thanks to Google Full Review Suraj Mehta January 14, 2017 Needs some improvements.. It looks and feels pretty good. It's way better than its previous versions. Emoticons prediction will be appreciated and enjoyed. Text prediction is not accurate. Google should integrate its AI in text prediction of this keyboard. Its glider-typing is very accurate and amazing. Loved its Google Search integration !💗👌🏼💗 Keyboard and mouse HID client drivers Keyboard and mouse HID client drivers Collapse the table of content Expand the table of content Keyboard and mouse HID client drivers Last Updated: 8/3/2016 This topic discusses keyboard and mouse HID client drivers. Keyboards and mice represent the first set of HID clients that were standardized in the HID Usage tables and implemented in Windows operating systems. Keyboard and mouse HID client drivers are implemented in the form of HID Mapper Drivers. A HID mapper driver is a kernel-mode WDM filter driver that provides a bidirectional interface for I/O requests between a non-HID Class driver and the HID class driver.

The mapper driver maps the I/O requests and data protocols of one to the other. Windows provides system-supplied HID mapper drivers for HID keyboard, and HID mice devices. Architecture and overview The following figure illustrates the system-supplied driver stacks for USB keyboard and mouse/touchpad devices. The figure above includes the following components: KBDHID.sys – HID client mapper driver for keyboards. Converts HID usages into scancodes to interface with the existing keyboard class driver. MOUHID.sys – HID client mapper driver for mice/touchpads. Converts HID usages into mouse commands (X/Y, buttons, wheel) to interface with the existing keyboard class driver. KBDCLASS.sys – The keyboard class driver maintains functionality for all keyboards and keypads on the system in a secure manner. MOUCLASS.sys – The mouse class driver maintains functionality for all mice / touchpads on the system. The driver does support both absolute and relative pointing devices. This is not the driver for touchscreens as that is managed by a different driver in Windows.

The system builds the driver stack as follows: The transport stack creates a physical device object (PDO) for each HID device attached and loads the appropriate HID transport driver which in turn loads the HID Class Driver. The HID class driver creates a PDO for each keyboard or mouse TLC. Complex HID devices (more than 1 TLC) are exposed as multiple PDOs created by HID class driver. For example, a keyboard with an integrated mouse might have one collection for the standard keyboard controls and a different collection for the mouse. The keyboard or mouse hid client mapper drivers are loaded on the appropriate FDO. The HID mapper drivers create FDOs for keyboard and mouse, and load the class drivers. Important notes: Vendor drivers are not required for keyboards and mice that are compliant with the supported HID Usages and top level collections. Vendors may optionally provide filter drivers in the HID stack to alter/enhance the functionality of these specific TLC. Vendors should create separate TLCs, that are vendor specific, to exchange vendor proprietary data between their hid client and the device. Avoid using filter drivers unless critical. The system opens all keyboard and mouse collections for its exclusive use. The system prevents disable/enabling a keyboard. The system provides support for horizontal/vertical wheels with smooth scrolling capabilities.

Driver Guidance Microsoft provides the following guidance for IHVs writing drivers: Driver developers are allowed to add additional drivers in the form of a filter driver or a new HID Client driver. The criteria are described below: Filters Drivers: Driver developers should ensure that their value-add driver is a filter driver and does not replace (or be used in place of) existing Windows HID drivers in the input stack. Filter drivers are allowed in the following scenarios: As an upper filter to kbdhid/mouhid As an upper filter to kbdclass/mouclass Filter drivers are NOT recommended in the following scenarios: As a lower filter to the HID transport (e.g. HIDI2C) As a filter between HIDCLASS and HID Transport minidriver Function Drivers: Alternatively vendors can create a function driver (instead of a filter driver) but only for vendor specific HID PDOs (with a user mode service if necessary). Function drivers are allowed in the following scenarios: Only load on the specific vendor’s hardware Transport Drivers: Windows team does not recommend creating additional HID Transport minidriver as they are complex drivers to write/maintain.

If a partner is creating a new HID Transport minidriver, especially on SoC systems, we recommend a detailed architectural review to understand the reasoning and ensure that the driver is developed correctly. Driver developers should leverage driver Frameworks (KMDF or UMDF) and not rely on WDM for their filter drivers. Driver developers should reduce the number of kernel-user transitions between their service and the driver stack. Driver developers should ensure ability to wake the system via both keyboard and touchpad functionality (adjustable by the end user (device manager) or the PC manufacturer). In addition on SoC systems, these devices must be able to wake themselves from a lower powered state while the system is in a working S0 state. Driver developers should ensure that their hardware is power managed efficiently. Device can go into its lowest power state when the device is idle. Device is in the lowest power state when the system is in a low power state (for example, standby (S3) or connected standby). Keyboard layout A keyboard layout fully describes a keyboard's input characteristics for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later versions. For example, a keyboard layout specifies the language, keyboard type and version, modifiers, scan codes, and so on.

See the following for information about keyboard layouts: Keyboard header file, kdb.h, in the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK), which documents general information about keyboard layouts. Sample keyboard layouts in the MSDN Code Gallery. To visualize the layout of a specific keyboard, please review to the “Windows Keyboard Layout” article in MSDN. For additional details around the keyboard layout, visit Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\Language. Supported buttons and wheels on mice The following table identifies the features supported across different client versions of the Windows operating system. Feature Supported (HID only) Activating buttons 4-5 and wheel on PS/2 mice The method used by Windows to activate the new 4&5-button + wheel mode is an extension of the method used to activate the third button and the wheel in IntelliMouse-compatible mice: First, the mouse is set to the 3-button wheel mode, which is accomplished by setting the report rate consecutively to 200 reports/second, then to 100 reports/second, then to 80 reports/second, and then reading the ID from the mouse. The mouse should report an ID of 3 when this sequence is completed.

Next, the mouse is set to the 5-button wheel mode, which is accomplished by setting the report rate consecutively to 200 reports/second, then to 200 reports/second again, then to 80 reports/second, and then reading the ID from the mouse. Once this sequence is completed, a 5-button wheel mouse should report an ID of 4 (whereas an IntelliMouse-compatible 3-button wheel mouse would still report an ID of 3). Note that this is applicable to PS/2 mice only and is not applicable to HID mice (HID mice must report accurate usages in their report descriptor). Standard PS/2-compatible mouse data packet format (2 Buttons) Byte Z/wheel data data and buttons 4 and 5 Important note: Notice that the Z/wheel data for a 5-button wheel mouse has been reduced to four bits instead of the 8 bits used in the IntelliMouse-compatible 3-button wheel mode. This reduction is made possible by the fact that the wheel typically cannot generate values beyond the range +7/-8 during any given interrupt period.

Windows mouse drivers will sign extend the four Z/wheel data bits when the mouse is in the 5-button wheel mode, and the full Z/wheel data byte when the mouse operates in the 3-button wheel mode. Buttons 4 & 5 on are mapped to WM_APPCOMMAND messages and correspond to App_Back and App_Forward. Devices not requiring vendor drivers Vendor drivers are not required for the following devices: Devices that comply with the HID Standard. Keyboard, mouse, or game port devices operated by the system-supplied non-HIDClass drivers.

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